Article in my newspaper this morning:
In the press conference after the final, the Dutch coach Van Marwijk lashes out to the referee, claiming that he was influenced by Spain and that Puyol should have gotten red...
...after which he got not only the Spanish but also the Italian and the English press on his back: "Oh yeah? What about De Jong and Van Bommel? You're awefully quiet about them, aren't you?"
...after which Van Marwijk sank a bit deeper into his chair.
(afterwards, I saw him on tv acknowledging that the best team had won).

On Dutch tv, they did find a way to call it a Dutch victory after all by saying that Spain learned to play like this under the guidance of Dutch coaches like Johan Cruyff and Ruud Krol and such. Too bad that the Dutch team forgot about this sort of game. I still think it's a shame that a legend like Cruyff doesn't have a world title.

Dutch famous person who sometimes does work for Flemish tv BEFORE the final:
This is it, we're going to win this, I can feel it.
Flemish journalist: just don't drink too much please because we would like to talk to you afterwards.
Afterwards, Dutch guy again: Man, I'm used to defeats, those 2 previous lost finals still hurt but now, an entire new generation will learn to live with bitter defeat. However, that was so offside, it wasn't funny.
Flemish journalist: It wasn't offside.
Dutch guy: ...maybe not the second time but the first time...
Flemish journalist: No, it was not offside, believe me. Just watch the footage afterwards.
Dutch guy: "oh well, Spain did deserve to win it after all"

I may not have supported the Dutch team but what a sad ending for the Dutch team. It's ironic that beforehand, Van Marwijk said that you can't win this thing beautifully ("losing beautifully is still losing" was one of the slogans I saw on tv), only to see Spain win it with the sort of total football the legendary Johan Cruyff had in mind (despite the final not at all being a thing of beauty).
Not playing beautiful football is one thing but playing like thugs is taking it to the other extreme.

Johan Cruyff: "I may be Dutch but I support the football Spain play. It is the best advertisement we have for the World Cup."

What I don't get is how De Jong himself is moaning about a bad referee for not giving a corner at the end and leaving out stuff he did himself.

If that referee had been good, he would have received a red card. Reading the Dutch newspapers, just about any oranje fan is embarrassed about De Jong's actions and they urge him to shut up because he's just about the last person who should speak up about the referee being bad.